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Lomography London Lomowall

It may not be the strangest sight that Nelson has descried from his perch this year, but the Lomography London Lomowall in Trafalgar Square would no doubt raise an inquisitive eyebrow from the good Admiral. Part of this year’s London Design Festival, the Lomowall consists …

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Local Hero: Songs For Oliver Tambo

Oliver and Adelaide Tambo lived in Muswell Hill for 30 years. Adelaide worked as a nurse at the Whittington Hospital and they raised 3 children in London. In 1990 they were the first recipients of the Freedom of the Borough of Haringey. Why? You may …

Elsewhere in the Ist-iverse

With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we’d cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news …

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Square Mile On The Up As Sarbox Begins To Bite

The mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg (yes, Bloomberg as in that media conglomerate), is in London at the moment to look in greater detail at why so many international firms are moving their M&A activity and their currency trading to our very own City …

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Comedy Interview: James Bachman

It’s been a few months since we delved into the world of comedy when back in the summer we spoke to Richard Herring and comedy troupe The Cowards. This time round we’ve been talking to comedy writer, performer and former blogger James Bachman. We first …

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The Londonist Literary List

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. Tonight Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award way back …

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The Londonist Literary List

The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. You’ll have to forgive this week’s list for being so slight, all the cool literati types are on holiday, it’s only the hacks like us …

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Elsewhere In The Ist-a-verse

LAist has finally come around to purchasing tickets for Clipper Train. Hyper local dating sites are spamming L.A. neighborhoods and the fascinating Dame Darcy talks with LAist about art, the city and earthquakes. DCist rides the Metro in Caracus, Venezuela and sees a few similarities …

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The Londonist Literary List

We’re starting to feel a little peeved that every week we have to bow down to Edinburgh, this being the LONDONIST Literary List and all, and not an Ode to Cities to the North. But what can a column do, when it is not only …